Very few of us would be brave enough to pick up a dog by its ears, but somehow we are not afraid to meddle in the affairs of others. Sooner or later we are going to get bitten and come off the worse for doing so. Solomon, and the rest of Scripture, offers us practical advice about getting involved in matters that do not concern us. The scene here is like a dogfight, therefore only a fool would put his hand in to separate the dogs. The image is not just of someone meddling in the conflict, but of someone who adopts the anger of the strivers as his own. He does not intervene to bring peace; he intervenes with the same wrath as the participants. He sees a dogfight, and he gets down on all-fours and begins snarling and biting along with them.

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